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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 09:54 AM
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"that 'criminal statutes infring on the President's ultimate authority' "
This is from the memo from Bush*'s lawyers. I have never read anything more scary as an American. They are saying the President is above the law. What else does that mean than Dictator?
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 09:56 AM
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1. L'etat, c'est moi
An absolute monarch at least
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molly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 09:57 AM
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2. I know a document that IS the ultimate authority
it starts out WE THE PEOPLE.....
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gandalf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 09:58 AM
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3. That is scary indeed. Do you have a link? nt
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donhakman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 10:01 AM
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4. infring
Even if the word was infringing that means that he is hampered by the law, not excluded from law.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 10:03 AM
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5. "...a nation of laws..."
"...not of men."
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 10:04 AM
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6. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
eom.
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gandalf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 10:08 AM
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7. That's the problem -- from the viewpoint of the Bush gang
and it is revealing to read.

Did Bush not promise to "bring honor and integrity back to the WH"?
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 10:08 AM
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8. There ya have it
And these people that wrote this memo are lawyers? Talk about twisting words to justify illegal actions.

Well, we shall see how the King fairs when he meets the "real" power, WE THE PEOPLE.
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troublemaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 07:22 PM
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9. link
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Miss Authoritiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 09:38 PM
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10. Gee, Republicans already forgot the Supreme Court ruling
regarding Paula Jones's civil suit against a sitting President. The decision was that Jones's suit couldn't even be delayed because that would make the president above the law.

"In May 1997, the Supreme Court dismissed Clinton's attempt to delay the trial until he leaves office. The court said it was unlikely the case would burden Clinton's time."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/pjones/pjones.htm
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